Cave Knob
Cave Knob rises to 711 m in West Virginia. Kile Knob stands 1,395 m to the west, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Thorn Spring Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 20 miles off.
The story
mountain in West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31538350, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 711 m
How to reach it
- 19.6 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 20.2 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 25.2 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 27.0 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Entry Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Pickle Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Neds Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Flint Knob: 2.3 mi
- Lankey Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Thorn Spring Park: 0.8 mi
- Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 2.5 mi
- Franklin Town Park: 3.3 mi
- Shenandoah Wildlife Management Area: 8.8 mi
- Brandywine Recreation Area: 9.0 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 10.7 mi
- Maple Spring: 13.8 mi
- Hall Spring: 13.8 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 14.9 mi
- Locust Spring: 15.0 mi
- Raven Rocks: 3.1 mi
- Southern Pillar: 15.5 mi
- Eagle Rock: 15.5 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 15.5 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 15.5 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 8.9 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 10.8 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 14.1 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 15.5 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 17.2 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 12.9 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 18.7 mi
- Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 20.4 mi
- Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site: 20.6 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 22.5 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 13.4 mi
- Small waterfall: 13.6 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 15.9 mi
- High Falls: 24.9 mi
- Locust Springs: 15.0 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 17.9 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 20.9 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 15.6 mi
- Sites Homestead: 15.7 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 17.8 mi
- Highland County Museum: 19.9 mi
- Smoke Hole: 17.8 mi
- Gertrude: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Cave Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kile Knob | W 275° | 1,395 m | 6.2 mi |
| Panther Knob | WSW 246° | 1,371 m | 7.6 mi |
| Pike Knob | NW 317° | 1,308 m | 5.6 mi |
| Harmon Rocks | NNW 341° | 1,243 m | 6.9 mi |
| Ruleman Mountain | WSW 255° | 1,233 m | 5.5 mi |
| Simmons Mountain | SW 233° | 1,121 m | 7.4 mi |
| Castle Knob | W 279° | 1,058 m | 3.9 mi |
| Castle Mountain | NW 313° | 1,032 m | 3.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin 2 NE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356523409
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